Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
November 1987 5-a-day
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Every sheet in November 1987
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- 1st November 1987For the curve y = 4/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 2nd November 1987A coach travels 20 km in 0.5 hours, then 20 km in 0.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 3rd November 1987A trapezium has parallel sides of 12 cm and 21 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 4th November 1987A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 5th November 198755 beetles are marked and released. Later 72 are caught, of which 8 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 6th November 1987A bill is £624 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 7th November 1987Factorise x^2 - 7x + 6.
- 8th November 1987Erin drives 150 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 9th November 1987Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 57°, 42° and 188°. Work out the fourth.
- 10th November 1987A bag holds 4 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 11th November 1987A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 44 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 12th November 1987Work out (49 x 10^10) / (7 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 13th November 1987Does the point (0, -3) satisfy y > 4x - 8?
- 14th November 1987Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 4 : 9. There are 60 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
- 15th November 1987A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 10 cm and height 11 cm. The prism is 10 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 16th November 1987A bag holds 7 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 17th November 1987230 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 20 said yes. 35 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 18th November 1987A meal deal has 5 mains, 4 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 19th November 1987A line has gradient -4 and passes through (4, -20). Work out its equation.
- 20th November 1987A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 2 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 21st November 1987Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular decagon.
- 22nd November 1987A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 23rd November 1987A box plot has minimum 12, lower quartile 20, median 29, upper quartile 37 and maximum 45. Work out the interquartile range.
- 24th November 1987A bill is £816 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 25th November 1987Make x the subject of y = 6x^2 - 5.
- 26th November 1987A pack of 9 batteries costs £5.40. A pack of 27 costs £15.12. Which pack is better value?
- 27th November 1987The bearing of B from A is 142°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 28th November 1987A bag holds 6 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 29th November 1987A scatter graph plots a phone's age and its resale value. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 30th November 1987Work out (30 x 10^6) / (5 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.